[mou-net] Brown Pelican relocated, Goodhue County

2012-04-08 Thread Dedrick Benz
John Hockema just called. He and Chris have relocated the Brown Pelican in Red Wing. From the St James Hotel, drive to the river. Make a left and head to the first large grain elevator on the right. The bird was sitting on some pipes (?) on the river, then was flying around low towards

[mou-net] Chipping Sparrows, Henn. Cty

2012-04-08 Thread Judy Chucker
First Chipping Sparrows at feeder, today. St. Louis Park Hennepin County Judy Chucker Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

Re: [mou-net] Carlos Avery

2012-04-08 Thread Steve Chesney
Lest anyone think I'm claiming a new species (red-wind), I acknowledge my poor typing skills. Red-winged Blackbirds were what I shud hav tiped. We saw many along with a lot of Tree Swallows. -Original Message- From: Steve Chesney [mailto:st...@schesney.com] Sent: Saturday, April 07,

[mou-net] Carver County

2012-04-08 Thread John Cyrus
This was the first weekend since February that I did not have any new arrivals. Not too much has changed besides the still more than 200 Pectoral Sandpiper and more than 50 Greater Yellowlegs at Rice Lake(3 Lesser and a Killdeer as well). The only other shorebirds found in the county

[mou-net] Sunday

2012-04-08 Thread Bruce Baer
Some of the birds at Louisville Swamp this morning were: Harris’s Sparrow Sandhill Crane Trumpeter Swan Brown Thrasher Hermit Thrush Eastern Towhee Bruce Baer Bloomington, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Great Egret

2012-04-08 Thread Thomas P. Malone
At 1245 there was a great egret in the pond in front of my house. Its been 3 years since one appeared; I read this as a good sign for the pond's health. Thomas P. Malone Attorney at Law Barna Guzy Steffen Minneapolis Minnesota tmal...@bgs.com (Via BlackBerry)

[mou-net] Louisiana Waterthrush

2012-04-08 Thread Dave Bartkey
Hi everyone, I went for a short, quick walk this morning at Cannon River Wilderness Park, westside, hoping for an early Louisiana Waterthrush and was rewarded for my efforts with one singing on territory already. I have had these nesting here for the past several years but as with a lot of

Re: [mou-net] Brown Pelican relocated, Goodhue County

2012-04-08 Thread Terence Brashear
The bird is present at 2:30pm from the bay point park now! Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Pileated Woodpecker

2012-04-08 Thread Forest Strnad
A male pileated Woodpecker came  our homemade suet on Friday, April 6th. Prevously we have had s female six different days.   Rev. Forest V. Strnad  Faribaul t, Mn. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Marshall, Pennington, and Polk Counties 3/20-4/08

2012-04-08 Thread Bill Blackburn
Sorry for some of these late postings. I've had trouble getting my internet working. I just moved out here to do survey work for Minnesota Audubon and will try to post on a regular basis. A note on locations (since many of them are new): The impoundments are open to the public but may not

[mou-net] Mourning Doves

2012-04-08 Thread Jim Mork
For the nearly two decades I've lived in my present house, we've always had mourning dove pairs. I don't know if we've had them through every season.  But according the map I just saw, practically all of Minnesota is in the mourning dove range.  I'm wondering if our weird year of weather has

[mou-net] Brown Pelican

2012-04-08 Thread Thomas P. Malone
I'm driving to red wing in the morning and would very much appreciate any updates on the bird's location, either over this site or by back channel. Thank you. Tom Thomas P. Malone Attorney at Law Barna Guzy Steffen Minneapolis Minnesota tmal...@bgs.com (Via BlackBerry)

Re: [mou-net] Mourning Doves

2012-04-08 Thread Frank Peterson
Mr Mork, just had a pair feeding in my backyard here in Waconia. Also I've seen a few in Carver county during the last week. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Brown Pelican images from Sunday, 4/8/2012

2012-04-08 Thread Terence Brashear
I was very surprised to run into just Craig Mandel this afternoon at Redwing, MN.  We easily found and were entertained by the Brown Pelican: http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_1661.jpg http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_1662.jpg http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_1664.jpg

Re: [mou-net] Mourning Doves

2012-04-08 Thread Jim Mork
  So they are around.   __ Truer words never spoken: They only call it class warfare when we fight back Longfellow Chatter:Longfellow

[mou-net] Brown Pelican

2012-04-08 Thread Cindy Krienke
Vern and I watched the Brown Pelican at Bay Point Park, Red Wing from 4:45 to 5:10 pm today. It was resting on a dock by a pilon where the floating boat sheds are. Near the point of the park. I think that's north. Preened, stood up and stretched and sat back down. Was still there when we

[mou-net] Como Lake

2012-04-08 Thread Dan Mike
- Canada Goose flock fly-over - Mallard many - Great Blue Heron 1 - American Goldfinch 2-3 - Common Crow fly-overs - Pied Billed Grebe1

[mou-net] How do Brown Pelicans feed in MN?

2012-04-08 Thread Julian Sellers
Do they plunge into the water to grab fish, as they do in coastal areas? How do they survive the trip here? Carp? Julian St. Paul Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Cass County - Meadowbrook WMA

2012-04-08 Thread Dianne Wade
Went to Meadowbrook for the first time late this afternoon and was rewarded with: - Yellow-rumped Warblers - Hermit Thrush - American Robin - Eastern Phoebe - Wood Duck - Wild Turkey - Sandhill Crane - Junco In addition, during the drive into and out of the area we saw: - American Kestrel -

Re: [mou-net] South Washington Co - Greater Yellowlegs and some Brown Pelican updates

2012-04-08 Thread CRAIG MANDEL
April 8, 2012 After enjoying watching the Brown Pelican feast on fish for about 45 minutes and then settle in for a nap on his resting post, I decided to check out some of the shorebird spots in Washington county. Thanks go out to Terry for forwarding the info from the fishing web page and for